Oswego man sentenced in sex act case

Oswego, NY -- An Oswego man was sentenced Monday to 10 years probation and issued an eight-year order of protection after pleading guilty in Oswego County Court to second-degree criminal sexual act, a felony.

Steven J. Mason, 40, who lived on East Seventh Street, Oswego at the time of his February 2009 arrest, was accused with having sexual contact with an 11-year-old girl numerous times in 2008 and at least one time in 2009.

He originally was charged with first-degree criminal sex act and first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, both felonies, and two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child.